Sfpd decided to go bigger and more permanent with a new black lives matter sign. Uber and lyft threatening shutdowns due to a labor dispute. Public lots and plazas, outdoor spaces now open to businesses in san jose struggling during the up. Abc 7 news at 11 00 starts rt now. And breaking news out of southern california. The Los Angeles Angeles forest has exploded. These are live pictures of the lake fire threatening homes and forcing evacuations. L. A. County firefighters are being assisted by several agencies. A dc10 tanker just arrived from arizona. The fire is at 0 containment. Crews expect that number to change overnight. Because of covid19, an overnight shelter hasnt been established and evacuees are being told to stay in their cars. The fire started around 3 30 north of santa clarita. The l. A. County Sheriffs Department said heat and southwesterly winds are just not helping. Abc7 news meteorlogist sandhya patel has more on the conditions theyre facing. Low humidity is a problem,
Helping. Abc7 news meteorlogist sandhya patel has more on the conditions theyre facing. Low humidity is a problem, too. It has been indeed. Lets look at the current conditions. It is 78 degrees, still warm. Relative humidity is 12 . It is still very dry. Winds have eased a bit. Hopefully that will help the firefighters but it wont be the case the rest of the week. As we take a look at the satellite picture, you will notice the large plume of smoke just emanating from that fire as you will see here from earlier today. And it has been hot and dry. That has contribute to the explosive growth. Breezy to gusty and you have dry vegetation that has gone up in flames. It is going to be hot. Temperatures in that area. Ill be back with our excessive heat coming up with the humidity in a few minutes. All right. Thank you. Developing news in berkeley and emeryville. Several water main breaks are causing problems. There are reports of businesses being flooded with the water setting off fire alarms
Can see that speeds are down to 7 and 14 miles per hour. Thumbs up though because everybody has been moved out of the way. As we bring in a live look, you can see the backup there. Metering lights came on earlier than usual, 5 23 this morning. So it will be a while before you can getting across the bridge. Developing news in berkeley and emeryville, roads are still closed this morning because of several major water main breaks. Possible overpleasure ri pleasid 11 lines to break. And some streets are still closed because of damage that makes them unsafe. There are crews working over nit overnight. And happening today, a Court Hearing that could lead to uber and lyft shutting down in california. A bay area judge says the San Francisco based companies have to consider their drivers fulltime employees. And both companies are fighting backing. Lauren martinez is live for us at uber headquarters. Reporter uber and lyft are appealing judges order. But if that appeal fails, ubers ceo says they
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High temperatures in the low 80s for the family this year but her visa was missing. There today with that high with the familys visa set to humidity and then some 70s over expire, they made the difficult decision to leave her with the next few days. Neighbors in egypt. So well talk more about this, but a lovely reunion at sfo. The excessive heat warnings, the spare the air alert and also glad to see that. Where it is raining this well it is time to get aur morning. There is a lot going on. Lost look at the hot vianey, do you have a lot going temperatures for you this on this morning for the commute . Morning. Kari . And were going to see our you know, i dont. Inland areas reaching over 100 but that is always good when it degrees today. Comes to traffic. And also with high humidity, weve seen some traffic well see that weather accidents clear, overnight continuing as we look at our crashes clear and that is exactly what were noticing right now on the speed sensors. Sevenday forecast, un